Europe in the Contemporary World - 2nd Edition by Bonnie G Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

"Examining the history of 20th- and 21st-century Europe in a global context, this book cleverly integrates elements of intellectual, political, social cultural and economic history to provide an overall view of the period, with detailed coverage across the continent. Including a new chapter on 21st-century issues, more material on globalization and historiographic updates throughout, this new edition is the definitive guide to Europe and its place in the world since 1900 for students and scholars alike"--

Book Synopsis

This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith's classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries. It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social, cultural, economic and intellectual history and presents an integrated history with detailed coverage right across the continent.

Including 131 images and 23 maps, Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Presentis organized around key themes within a chronological chapter structure that is easy to follow. Smith's balanced treatment of the subject allows for a comprehensive assessment of the positive and negative developments in European history over the period, as well as the wider impact of this in the world at large. The book also includes picture essays and document sections, which provide variety and foreground the importance of primary sources, and useful end-of-chapter further readings for students who wish to investigate specific topics in greater depth.

The enhanced 2nd edition contains:

* A new chapter on the 21st-century issues that have challenged and continue to challenge Europe
* More material on globalization, the end of the Cold War, European countercultures and various other topics
* Historiographic updates throughout

Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Presentis the definitive guide to Europe and its place in the world since 1900 for students and scholars alike.

Review Quotes

In this masterful survey, Bonnie Smith gives readers a gripping yet nuanced narrative of Europe in a global context. The wide range of voices contained in the documents reveal the profound trauma and transformation of the era. Easy to read but always thought provoking, this book is the best resource available for understanding Europe in the contemporary age.
Jeffrey H. Jackson, Professor of History, Rhodes College, USA

This highly accessible text offers a vivid history of twentieth-century Europe in a global context, highlighting in stunning detail the forces that shaped Europe's growing engagement with the world. The primary sources encourage further historical inquiry, offering students glimpses into the lives of both ordinary people and prominent historical figures.
Margaret Andersen, Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee, USA

This lively and comprehensive book, by one of North America's leading historians, skillfully conveys a sense of life in Europe in the 'long' twentieth century. Swooping from the international exhibitions at the dawn of the twentieth century to the crises of the mid-twenty-teens, the chapters are typically introduced by a striking example which sets the context for the discussion which follows.
William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK

About the Author

Bonnie G. Smith is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at Rutgers University, USA. Her publications include Modern Empires: A Reader (2017), Women's Studies: The Basics (2013), and The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice (2000). She is also the co-author, along with Lynn Hunt, Thomas Martin and Barbara Rosenwein, of The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures (6th Ed., 2018) and the general editor of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (2008), which won the American Library Association Outstanding Reference Work Award.